Mentor exchange for technology clubs will start working in the Russian Federation by late 2019
The Kruzhok movement of the National Technology Initiative (NTI), the Skolkovo Foundation, and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) are planning to launch a Mentor Exchange for children's, adult, and youth technology projects and clubs. The platform will start working by late 2019 as part of the Mentors Academy project. This was told to the asi.ru editors by the press service of the NTI Kruzhok movement.
"The exchange will speed up and facilitate the traineeship and job search process. The service will be synchronized with the Leader-ID system and the digital talent management platform," the press service of the NTI Kruzhok movement noted.
The open platform can be used by employers to post requests for trainee mentors and job offers, as well as by mentors to access the information on job vacancies.
"Everyone interested will be able to create and supplement their digital images with achievement portfolios, and education centers, Centers of Youth Innovative Creativity, clubs, higher educational institutions, Kvantoriums, etc. will be able to post job vacancies. The service will pick from the portfolio base the most suitable job candidates for employers, and mentors will be able to search job vacancies upon request," materials of the NTI Kruzhok movement say.
The pilot launch of the service for posting traineeships and job vacancies for mentors was in autumn 2019. The Academy's employees received requests for mentors from partnership organizations and education projects, registered job vacancies, posted them on the project website, and spread the information in the mentor community.
First traineeships were held in multiple formats: online evaluation of entrepreneurial projects of the Preactum Cup Practices of the Future, participation in a three-month educational intensive course of University 20.35 for student teams of the Novgorod State University, work with youth projects of the Open University Innovator's Navigator and Idea Generation Laboratory.
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The NTI Kruzhok movement is the All-Russian community of technology enthusiasts. The aim of the Kruzhok movement is to develop next generation entrepreneurs, engineers, scientists, and managers who are able to plan and implement projects, create new solutions and tech companies focused on the development of Russia and the entire world. The roadmap of the National Technology Initiative Kruzhok movement is approved for this purpose.
The Mentors Academy is the joint project of the NTI Kruzhok movement, the Skolkovo Foundation, and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives that is aimed at creating a system for training, attestation, and employment of project activity mentors for children's, adult, and youth projects and clubs. Training is performed in online courses and at intramural Mentors Schools. Holding 43 schools and launching 14 online courses are planned for 2019–2021.